- Reset Audacity Default Settings
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- Audacity Settings
- Original Default Settings
Filter your Music with Audacity: Audacity gives you access to change most of the settings based on your preferences with the help of Preferences dialog toolbar in Audacity. If you are using Audacity in Windows then you would find it under Audacity menu section.
Reset Configuration: A new command added to the Tools menu: Tools Reset Configuration. It resets your Audacity preferences, Configuration, export settings, and toolbars, to default settings. Now fixed 41 bugs since 2.4.1. The exact number of bugs fixed depends on whence you count, but anyway, it’s a good count of fixes. Selection toolbar: reset to show Start and End of Selection and time format reset to hh:mm:ss + milliseconds, Snap-To is reset to be 'off' Project Rate is left unaltered (but the default project rate in Preferences will have been reset to the default 44100 Hz, so.
Want to know what’s hidden in the Preferences dialog box? It includes various sections, all accessible for free. Take a look at the settings that you can change for your audio track using Preferences dialog:
- Spectrogram: The spectrogram display of your audio track can be change as per your choice.
- Mouse: Let your mouse command the shortcuts.
- Device: Isn’t it great to have this option in Audacity. Here you can select your audio host or recording channel. MIDI playback on your system.
- Playback setting: This helps you cut the length and effects of your music track.
- Libraries: Here you can download LAME content with ease.
- Format: Choose the options for conversion in between sample rate and format.
- Recording: With this setting, newly recorded tracks can be name easily along with latency, sound-activated recording, and playthrough.
- Effects: Sort effects as per preferences, either enable or disable using LADSPA, VAMP., LV2.
Storing the preferences
In Audacity, preferences are stored in a configured file, namely audacity.cfg. It is a text file, which you can change anytime. And, you can see this file in Audacity’s folder of application data.
The place of storage varies depending upon the system which you are using. For example:
Windows: User>AppData>Roaming>Audacity
It isn’t as complicated as it looks here. And, your preferences will be saved anyway in the software. However, you just have to a little searching to find your saved file.
By default, the settings will remain the same even if you upgrade the previous version of Audacity or reinstall it. Therefore, you do not have to worry about losing your preferences. Because, Audacity has the ability to retain the settings from the previous version.
Preferences
If you experience any crash or disturbing behaviours after resetting preferences from Preferences toolbar, you must reset the preferences to default settings by directly exiting from Audacity. Or, you can also delete audacity.cfg file from Audacity. However, this does not happen often in Audacity. But, you should still be careful while using Preferences dialog.
There will be time where you wish to have a change in the tune or simply to fix your mistakes in the entire track. And, there might be numerous reasons to edit your recorded track in your digital workstation. Let it be any reason, Audacity’s Preferences dialog offers you great comfort to change default settings and set your own settings to make the song track even more cheerful.
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Help Resources
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Using Audacity
Quick Help
Reset Audacity Default Settings
- Getting Started - Recording, Importing, Editing, Exporting...
- Foundations
- Managing Audacity Projects - Audacity's internal workspace
- Audio Tracks and The Waveform Display
- Importing audio and Exporting audio files - For use in other programs
- Navigation Tips, Playback Tips and Audio Alignment Tips
- Editing
- Effects, Generators and Analyzers
Tutorials
- Editing an Audio File - Import the file, edit and export it
- Your First Recording - Record microphone, guitar, keyboard
- Mixing Voice with Background Music - For podcasts
- Recording Multi-track Overdubs - Record over other tracks
- Looping - make an audio loop with Audacity
- Making Ringtones - For your cellphone
- Burning Audio CDs and How to import CDs
- Exporting to iTunes and Importing from iTunes
- Accessibility - Audacity for the visually impaired
- Customizing Audacity and Simplifying Menus
Reference
Guide to the Project Window
1Menu Bar2Transport Toolbar3Tools Toolbar4Meter Toolbar5Mixer Toolbar6Edit Toolbar7Transcription Toolbar8Device Toolbar9Timeline10Track Control Panel11Audio Track12Selection Toolbar13Status Bar
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More Details for the Project Window
Toolbars Overview - including how to arrange Toolbars
Additional Track types:
More Details for Importing and Exporting :
LAME MP3 export and FFmpeg import/export libraries for more formats
On-Demand Loading of uncompressed files
Preferences - changing your settings
Preferences are at the bottom of the Edit menu (or in the Audacity menu on Mac).
Many settings can be changed including keyboard shortcuts and the interface language.
Preferences settings can be reset to default at any time.
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Audacity Settings
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